seekoeigat_obs

Seekoeigat

Site under construction
 Seekoeigat-01t
Current Information:
Current  Information:
-The Observatory has closed down. The Current Information section is  not relevant to this Observatory.
-It used to be on the road between Beaufort West and Meiringspoort,  Greater Karoo, Western Cape.
In Brief:
Noted  for:
This was the site of the former European Southern Observatory (ESO).  They moved to Chile and today ESO is one of the premier Observatories  in the world.
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Bibliography:

  • Laing,  J.D. (ed.), The Royal Observatory at the Cape of Good Hope 1820 – 1970 Sesquicentennial Offerings, p.
  • (Book  written by Prof. Adriaan Blaauw about ESO’s early history?)
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Seekoeigat-01rThis was a proposed site for the European Southern Observatory (ESO). Seen here is a test site to determine observing conditions. They moved to Chile and today ESO is one of the premier Observatories in the world.
Source: A.S.S.A. Archives: Peter Smits Collection.